AI Hallucinations Are A Feature, Not A Bug

Since 2020, a rapidly evolving neural network technology called NeRF (Neural Radiance Fields) has been used to create 3D scenes from 2D photographs and videos. The most famous example is probably Luma AI, available to use in a browser, which can turn your mobile videos into geometric spaces. In the last couple of years, a…

Steam Machine review roundup: Hefty pricetag for a niche product

The Steam Machine is almost here. Valve has finally announced the price of their latest hardware release, with the interest list for purchasing one of the four options available open until June 25. Valve has sent review models to journalists around the world, and while some are fans of the Steam Machine, they all share…

How To Find The Secret Destiny 2 Exotic Mission And Get Cull’s Shadow

As part of its final ever content drop, a new secret Exotic mission has been added to Destiny 2. The reward is Cull’s Shadow–a fusion rifle with the intrinsic trait of Soulburn. Soulburn means that final blows or rapid hits with the weapon’s frontal blades heal you and provide Soulfire Charges, which cause rounds fired…

JSAUX’s New 6-In-1 Switch 2 Dock Is… A Lot

Image: JSAUX Accessory manufacturer JSAUX has put out some pretty decent products for the Switch 2 so far. It’s Joy-Con 2 charging dock is delightfully sleek and minimal, earning a score of 7/10 back in 2025. Similarly, its all-in-one carrying case ticked all the right boxes for those looking to take their entire setup out…

Rhythm Heaven Groove free demo out now for Switch

Nintendo has released a free game demo for Rhythm Heaven Groove ahead of its release next week on July 2. You can download it now from the eShop. The game consists of one multiplayer minigame and one stage of the single-player campaign, consisting of four minigames and a remix level. The four single-player games are:…

Free PS Plus Premium Being Offered to Select PS5 Players

In a rare move, Sony Interactive Entertainment is offering a free PS Plus Premium subscription trial to select PS5 players. Free membership trials used to be a regular occurrence in the days of yore, but ever since it locked almost everything — including save data backups — behind PS Plus, Sony has only really offered…

‘Our game isn’t gore porn’ says director of game whose trailer features a zombie baby’s skull being crushed and someone’s eye getting scooped out with a knife

A story trailer for the gross-out horror game Ill dropped earlier this month, although frankly I didn’t notice much in the way of story: I was too busy looking at, as cataloged by our Australian goremaster Shaun Prescott, the eye-scoopings, skull stompings, zombie baby punchings, and other such goings-on to really hone in on the…

FF7 Revelation Director Says Queer Romances Help The World Feel Real

The developers on the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy wanted to create a world that felt real. To do that, they populated the world with different kinds of people living out their lives in all the diverse ways real people do. As Cloud and the gang journey throughout the series, they’re followed by a cadre…

Steam Machine release date, specs, and price

Find out everything you need to know about the Steam Machine with our comprehensive guide to arguably the biggest gaming PC hardware launch of 2026. The Steam Machine is set to revolutionize the living room gaming space, thanks to Valve creating an incredibly compact console-like system that you’ll be able to game on from the…

Kojima Says Only Xbox And Phil Spencer Understood OD, His New Horror Game

Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima has been working on a horror game, OD, for Xbox for a few years now. Despite a trailer and some teases, we still don’t know much about what it really is. And in a recent interview, Kojima said that only Xbox was interested in whatever he…